The Alchemy Department.
Those learned alchemists thirsted for knowledge like students.
Before this department was established, every avenue of alchemy had pointed toward magic.
After its establishment, magic took a new direction.
Magic plus technology.
That was the guiding principle the Alchemy Department now followed.
They drew on the boundless imagination of the Muggle world to turn absurdity into reality.
Flying cars, trunks capable of instant transportation, and phones that worked like Two-Way Mirrors.
Magic could do many things technology could not. A block as thin as a coin would have to be enlarged to accommodate the size of its components.
But magic had Magic Crystals that could replace most of those components.
Magic could work on a scale finer than a strand of hair. Shaped by the mind, it could create miracles.
That was also when these old relics of the Wizarding World began to take seriously the Muggles they had once looked down upon.
The threat posed by a war kept them from relaxing. Day and night, they searched for ways to surpass Muggles.
It all began with imitation-copying their electrical appliances and their networks.
With the humility of apprentices, the people of the Alchemy Department learned the knowledge of the Muggle world.
Nearly twenty years of imitation and study also meant that Wizards experienced little discomfort when entering the Muggle world.
At that moment, the accomplished masters of the Alchemy Department were listening intently as John explained a circular object on a projected display.
"Something that can transform the Muggle world into a magical environment. I call it... the Magic Domain."
It was something akin to a nuclear bomb, though far more sophisticated.
The Magic Domain targeted nonmagical bodies.
An abundance of magic power provided an excellent environment for Wizards, but for those who knew nothing of